diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspace-test.cfg b/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspace-test.cfg
index f357bba26b..268751aa2d 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspace-test.cfg
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspace-test.cfg
@@ -384,21 +384,6 @@ handle.dir = ${dspace.dir}/handle-server
 # Identify the location of the Certificate Login Servlet.
 #authentication.x509.chooser.uri=/certificate-login
 
-#### Example of configuring IP-based authentication
-#### (to use, add org.dspace.authenticate.IPAuthentication to auth stack above)
-#
-# authentication.ip.GROUPNAME = iprange[, iprange ...]
-#
-# Note if the Groupname contains blanks you must escape it,
-# e.g. Department\ of\ Statistics
-#
-# Full, partial IPs; network/netmask; network/CIDR
-#
-#authentication.ip.MY_UNIVERSITY = 10.1.2.3, \
-#                                  13.5, \
-#                                  11.3.4.5/24, \
-#                                  12.7.8.9/255.255.128.0
-
 
 #### Restricted item visibilty settings ###
 # By default RSS feeds, OAI-PMH and subscription emails will include ALL items
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspaceFolder/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspaceFolder/config/dspace.cfg
index c38cd4006d..2dfd7e8182 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspaceFolder/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/resources/dspaceFolder/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -388,21 +388,6 @@ handle.dir = ${dspace.dir}/handle-server
 # Identify the location of the Certificate Login Servlet.
 #authentication.x509.chooser.uri=/certificate-login
 
-#### Example of configuring IP-based authentication
-#### (to use, add org.dspace.authenticate.IPAuthentication to auth stack above)
-#
-# authentication.ip.GROUPNAME = iprange[, iprange ...]
-#
-# Note if the Groupname contains blanks you must escape it,
-# e.g. Department\ of\ Statistics
-#
-# Full, partial IPs; network/netmask; network/CIDR
-#
-#authentication.ip.MY_UNIVERSITY = 10.1.2.3, \
-#                                  13.5, \
-#                                  11.3.4.5/24, \
-#                                  12.7.8.9/255.255.128.0
-
 
 #### Restricted item visibilty settings ###
 # By default RSS feeds, OAI-PMH and subscription emails will include ALL items
diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index 00597b5f66..d4828e4cfe 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -386,21 +386,6 @@ handle.dir = ${dspace.dir}/handle-server
 # Identify the location of the Certificate Login Servlet.
 #authentication.x509.chooser.uri=/certificate-login
 
-#### Example of configuring IP-based authentication
-#### (to use, add org.dspace.authenticate.IPAuthentication to auth stack above)
-#
-# authentication.ip.GROUPNAME = iprange[, iprange ...]
-#
-# Note if the Groupname contains blanks you must escape it,
-# e.g. Department\ of\ Statistics
-#
-# Full, partial IPs; network/netmask; network/CIDR
-#
-#authentication.ip.MY_UNIVERSITY = 10.1.2.3, \
-#                                  13.5, \
-#                                  11.3.4.5/24, \
-#                                  12.7.8.9/255.255.128.0
-
 
 #### Restricted item visibilty settings ###
 # By default RSS feeds, OAI-PMH and subscription emails will include ALL items